Abstract This article explores whether engineers exhibit the cognitive bias Ambiguity Aversion. Ambiguity Aversion, in which individuals prefer an unambiguous option to an objectively equal or superior ambiguous option, has been previously demonstrated to exist in the general population in decision research. The research presented here was performed by conducting Ambiguity Aversion experiments from prior research in a sample including roughly equivalent numbers of engineers and non-engineers. This research demonstrates that engineers do exhibit Ambiguity Aversion and that they do so to a significantly greater degree than the general population. This finding may have significant implications for both researchers and practitioners.

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工程师的歧义厌恶

摘要 本文探讨工程师是否表现出认知偏差歧义厌恶。歧义厌恶，其中个人更喜欢一个明确的选项，而不是客观上平等或优越的模糊选项，先前已在决策研究中证明存在于一般人群中。此处介绍的研究是通过在样本中进行先前研究的歧义厌恶实验来进行的，该样本包括大致相等数量的工程师和非工程师。这项研究表明，工程师确实表现出歧义厌恶，而且他们的这种厌恶程度明显高于一般人群。这一发现可能对研究人员和从业人员都有重大意义。